diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index 3b5d2fc42..2b6ff4a65 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ zpool_do_create(int argc, char **argv)
 	int c;
 	nvlist_t *nvroot = NULL;
 	char *poolname;
+	char *tname = NULL;
 	int ret = 1;
 	char *altroot = NULL;
 	char *mountpoint = NULL;
@@ -914,6 +915,7 @@ zpool_do_create(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (add_prop_list_default(zpool_prop_to_name(
 			    ZPOOL_PROP_CACHEFILE), "none", &props, B_TRUE))
 				goto errout;
+			tname = optarg;
 			break;
 		case ':':
 			(void) fprintf(stderr, gettext("missing argument for "
@@ -1086,8 +1088,8 @@ zpool_do_create(int argc, char **argv)
 		ret = 1;
 		if (zpool_create(g_zfs, poolname,
 		    nvroot, props, fsprops) == 0) {
-			zfs_handle_t *pool = zfs_open(g_zfs, poolname,
-			    ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM);
+			zfs_handle_t *pool = zfs_open(g_zfs,
+			    tname ? tname : poolname, ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM);
 			if (pool != NULL) {
 				if (zfs_mount(pool, NULL, 0) == 0)
 					ret = zfs_shareall(pool);